CYNOPSISDIGITAL
01.25.16

Good morning. It’s Monday January 25, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

 
As Relativity Media works to pull out of its six-month-long bankruptcy under a new reorganization plan, some companies have asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge to block the studio’s reorg, arguing that the company is incapable of fulfilling various contractual obligations under the plan. Foremost among these companies is Netflix, which has requested that the Court allow it to end its contract with Relativity. Netflix argues that Relativity has failed – and will continue to fail – to supply the streaming service with the annual five-film quota that’s stipulated in their contract. You can learn more about the legal drama here.
 
Google’s jobs board is giving the game away – and apparently the company’s virtual reality ambitions don’t end at the Cardboard. Several new jobs postings, first discovered by RoadtoVR, hint that the company may be developing its own VR gear. The postings:
 
– Hardware Engineering Technical Lead Manager, VR
– Engineering Project Specialist, Virtual Reality
– Electrical Hardware Engineer, Virtual Reality
– PCB Layout Engineer, Virtual Reality
 
The job descriptions, which are fairly detailed, make it clear that Google is likely looking to create its own VR hardware. You can see the postings here. 

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Seems that Amazon is really digging this whole film distribution thing. Amazon Studios is partnering with Roadside Attractions to distribute Love & Friendship, a new Jane Austen-based period comedy. The film, directed by Wilt Stillman, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. Roadside Attractions will handle the exclusive theatrical release, after which the film will debut on the Amazon Prime streaming service.
 
Borrowing from the sensibilities of quirky IFC sketch series Portlandia, Talkative Driver, a new four-part web series starring Portlandia leads Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, centers on a new driver for an Uber-like car service that specializes in the art of small talk. It’s sponsored by Subarau, and the episodes are only a couple minutes long. You can check it out here.
 
Acorn TV, the SVOD service specializing in bringing U.K. content to North American audiences, announced a couple of new acquisitions. The Channel 4 docu-series Liberty of London will premiere February 8, while Channel 5 crime drama Suspects will bow on February 22.

 
Who would have thought that Twitter would beat George R.R. Martin to the next phase of the story? HBO has tweeted out a handful of (very brief) clips from Game of Thrones season six, which premieres in April. The cable network is tying the clips to a new interactive promotion asking fans to tweet their allegiance to a particular “house” from the series’ universe. (Editor’s note: House Targaryen all the way.) Fans will see a specific video in response to whichever house they choose. (The clips are nothing more than a waving flag accompanied by audio.)  You can learn more about the campaign – and see the clips – here.
 
 

 
Has the tech industry always been this litigious? In a court filing, the computer tech company Oracle let slip some info regarding the amount of revenue that Google has earned from its Android operating system. The two companies have been involved in an ongoing legal dispute, and the bad blood is only going to get badder: Google said that the Android info was highly sensitive and should not have been made public, strongly requesting that the judge reseal it. Multiple publications have reported on the court filing; Bloomberg was the first.

 
Who do you think deserves to be honored as one of our Top Women in Digital? We want to know – and there’s still a little time for you tell us. The nomination period closes tomorrow, Tuesday Jan 26: http://www.cynopsis.com/event/2016-women-digital-awards

 
Now that sounds like an awesome religion. Google has hired Scott Broock, an exec from the virtual reality startup Jaunt VR, as YouTube’s new Global VR Evangelist. (Re/code was the first publication to pick up the news.) Google has yet to comment on the specifics of Broock’s exact role at YouTube, though Re/Code speculates that he’ll likely be pursuing deals with content providers, much as he did at Jaunt. 
 
The agency Horizon Media has a new exec. Greg DePalma will serve as Vice President of Advanced Video Analytics. Most recently, he served as SVP at the consumer marketing data company IRI Inc. He has also worked at TiVo, Millward Brown, and Nielsen.
 

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Are apps the future of television? Apple would certainly have you believe so. The company’s new 30-second ad for the Apple TV does an impressive job of making the TV app experience spring to life. Check it out here.

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